{"id":19120,"date":"2019-07-24T12:54:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T11:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/"},"modified":"2019-07-24T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T11:54:14","slug":"ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huw Edwards, Acting CEO of ukactive, says \u201cWe congratulate Boris Johnson on his appointment as Prime Minister at this pivotal moment in the UK’s history.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe truly hope his pledge to refocus Government energy on domestic issues can be fulfilled, as Brexit continues to marginalise the major societal issues that urgently require the focus of Whitehall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most pressing issue is undoubtedly our population\u2019s health, and it is imperative this new Government commits to valuing health in all policymaking, across all Departments, starting with the Comprehensive Spending Review.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlarmingly\u00a0high rates of physical inactivity persist<\/a>, with severe implications for the health and wellbeing of individuals, our communities and treasured institutions like the NHS.\u00a0 This is exacerbated by growing health inequalities, ranging from childhood obesity to the crisis in social care, and can only be tackled by a true commitment to prevention \u2013 alluded to in the\u00a0recently published green paper<\/a>.\u00a0 This must be backed with credible investment in public health.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, the new Prime Minister must personally champion the value of physical activity to how we live, work, and play in our communities, and recognition of the vital role that both ukactive\u2019s members and the wider sector play in its promotion.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreater energy and focus from government is now needed to unleash their full potential: addressing regulatory obstacles to sector growth, embracing innovation, showing boldness in investment, and encouraging partnerships that can drive health and activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat level of collaboration with our sector has the potential to galvanise communities across the country and support the economic and social prosperity of our nation.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Huw Edwards, Acting CEO of ukactive, says \u201cWe congratulate Boris Johnson on his appointment as Prime Minister at this pivotal moment in the UK’s history. \u201cWe truly hope his pledge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":18554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister | ukactive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister | ukactive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Huw Edwards, Acting CEO of ukactive, says \u201cWe congratulate Boris Johnson on his appointment as Prime Minister at this pivotal moment in the UK’s history. \u201cWe truly hope his pledge […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ukactive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukactive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-24T11:54:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ukactive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@_ukactive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@_ukactive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ukactive\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 munud\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ukactive\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a47ca017651edadfb71b51b6e4b17d6e\"},\"headline\":\"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-24T11:54:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":274,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"cy\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/\",\"name\":\"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister | ukactive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-24T11:54:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"cy\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"cy\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":700},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/news\\\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"ukactive\",\"description\":\"More People More Active More Often\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"cy\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ukactive\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"cy\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/ukactive-logo-cards.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/ukactive-logo-cards.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":636,\"caption\":\"ukactive\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ukactive\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/_ukactive\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/ukactive1\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCmPrCBtK7McEM7eYFVi0GNA\\\/videos\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ukactive\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a47ca017651edadfb71b51b6e4b17d6e\",\"name\":\"ukactive\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"cy\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8d806b36633ef5565155b736da05b5cd482f92a507ec0305c57c9282039e6cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8d806b36633ef5565155b736da05b5cd482f92a507ec0305c57c9282039e6cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8d806b36633ef5565155b736da05b5cd482f92a507ec0305c57c9282039e6cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ukactive\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ukactive.com\\\/cy\\\/news\\\/author\\\/websiteukactive-org-uk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister | ukactive","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister | ukactive","og_description":"Huw Edwards, Acting CEO of ukactive, says \u201cWe congratulate Boris Johnson on his appointment as Prime Minister at this pivotal moment in the UK’s history. \u201cWe truly hope his pledge […]","og_url":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/","og_site_name":"ukactive","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukactive","article_published_time":"2019-07-24T11:54:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ukactive","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@_ukactive","twitter_site":"@_ukactive","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ukactive","Est. reading time":"1 munud"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/"},"author":{"name":"ukactive","@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a47ca017651edadfb71b51b6e4b17d6e"},"headline":"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister","datePublished":"2019-07-24T11:54:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/"},"wordCount":274,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"cy"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/","url":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/","name":"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister | ukactive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg","datePublished":"2019-07-24T11:54:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"cy","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"cy","@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ukactive-huw-edwards.jpg","width":2000,"height":700},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/news\/ukactive-responds-to-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ukactive responds to the appointment of the new Prime Minister"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/","name":"ukactive","description":"More People More Active More Often","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"cy"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/#organization","name":"ukactive","url":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"cy","@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ukactive-logo-cards.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ukactive-logo-cards.jpg","width":900,"height":636,"caption":"ukactive"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukactive","https:\/\/x.com\/_ukactive","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ukactive1\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCmPrCBtK7McEM7eYFVi0GNA\/videos","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukactive\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a47ca017651edadfb71b51b6e4b17d6e","name":"ukactive","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"cy","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d806b36633ef5565155b736da05b5cd482f92a507ec0305c57c9282039e6cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d806b36633ef5565155b736da05b5cd482f92a507ec0305c57c9282039e6cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d806b36633ef5565155b736da05b5cd482f92a507ec0305c57c9282039e6cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ukactive"},"url":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/news\/author\/websiteukactive-org-uk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukactive.com\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}